Products for Shining Bright

Products for Shining Bright

Hi friends! I wanted to share with you some of my favorite products! All of these products are lovingly crafted and super high quality, and you can browse the entire collection over at the online retailer Garden Gallery! Shine Tea Towel Because even our dish towels...
ART IN MOTION :: Shine Bright

ART IN MOTION :: Shine Bright

With Art in Motion, I share the visual journey through the life of one of my paintings — from the blank canvas, to the first splash of inspiration, all the way to the finished piece. Enjoy to the fullest! Click here to see all the posts in this...
New Art :: Shine Bright

New Art :: Shine Bright

(New art! Signed, matted print available here.) I so loved painting this piece. There are those moments, sometimes, in the creative process, when you lose time and it’s the best thing ever. This piece was created in that flow. Reminded me that I need more flow...
dimming = mediocrity

dimming = mediocrity

I believe this with my whole heart, but I’ve been especially thinking about this when it comes to being a parent. I wonder about the ways in which we invite mediocrity not just into our own lives when we dim our lights, but also into the lives of our kids. They...
shine brightly

shine brightly

(shine brightly – prints available soon) “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant,...
around here lately

around here lately

i hope you guys are okay with my randomness lately. my brain is so full of random these last many weeks, it seems i do best with down and dirty lists. around here lately: *i’ve been in heavy heavy research mode over here in many areas: art. opportunities. books....
where i’m at. it’s all good.

where i’m at. it’s all good.

(large painting. it reads she was grateful for the brightness of being alive) in the spaces of the friction, i feel deeply loved. and protected. i’m just a girl navigating the next step, intimacy vs armor, creative longings, and some pretty intense pressure....
the brightness

the brightness

the brightness of being alive. it finds me in unexpected moments of calm, when my heart takes refuge from the ever growing to-do list, when my perfectionism gives way to feeling, to release. and when it arrives, the brightness feels deeply spacious and warm, like an...
self portrait challenge – shine

self portrait challenge – shine

i might be cheating a bit here with spc (because it’s not a self portrait), but this photo andrea shot seems to capture the theme of shine. shine… myriam says i’m much more sassier in person than i am here on this blog. jen lemen says the same thing....